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The No-Show by Beth O'Leary

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amgarrido's review against another edition

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funny mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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fictionalcass's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book…wow. I have read two other books by this author, one I loved and one I didn’t like much, but this one takes the cake. It was truly beautiful and I thoroughly enjoyed it and the experience of listening to the audiobook was especially enjoyable. The narrators were incredible, and the last chapter switch up in POV had me extremely unwell in the best way.

Featuring three very different women, all facing three different realities as they grapple with their feelings for one particular man, the way this book begins is on the funny side. As you get to know each of the characters and begin to understand what’s going on and what has happened, it becomes clear what is going to happen, but that sense of knowing did not take away from the story at all. If anything, it makes it that much better when you experience the emotion of the back third of the book when the pieces begin to come together.

The way that each of the three narratives were woven together was spectacularly done, and even the frustrating moments played such an important role for the development of each character. I really enjoyed the depth that we got with each character and the exploration of challenging topics such as grief, miscarriage, sexual harassment, and mental health were handled quite well throughout the book. I hadn’t checked the warnings beforehand, so I was surprised by some of them but I was invested in how each of them were handled for the respective characters.

I wouldn’t have thought so from the beginning, but this was definitely a 5⭐️ read for me, and I’m so glad to have given it a fair chance after not enjoying The Road Trip.

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zoebill96's review

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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megpirpri's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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empheliath's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I thought I knew exactly what story I was reading at the start of this. And then about 75% of the way in, the story took a turn that made me re-think everything I thought I knew, and I could not put it down!

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